“As MEE”

Amnesia Scanner, the project of the Finnish producers Ville Haimala and Martti Kalliala, might as well be the electronic music world’s version of Dr. Frankenstein. They fuse organic parts, like human voices, with harrowing machine noise to make songs that amount to science fiction sound experiments. For the most part, their creations have been frightening—their last two releases, 2017’s AS TRUTH and 2016’s *AS* EP traded heavily in body horror and rhythmic confusion—but not exactly subtle. Their new song, “As MEE,” is understated, creating chaos with much quieter materials.

The track is relatively minimal, made with not much more than light percussion and what might be a church organ. With this palette, they create a sense of ambient warmth, but for Amnesia Scanner, this sensation don’t necessarily equal comfort. In particular, the buzzing drone, which dictates the song’s action, is mildly discombobulating. It sounds like it was lifted from an insect, its insistent chirp brushes the ears with itchy anticipation. There’s nothing necessarily scary about what they’re doing on “As MEE,” but the discomfort they draw out of their sounds continues to be fascinating. There’s often a well-defined emotional reaction this kind of experimental electronic music can elicit, but Amnesia Scanner are on the frontlines discovering whole new ways to feel a listener feel weird.